While a lot of folks are still waiting to get their hands on BlackBerry 10.1, BlackBerry 10.2 is already in the works. That's never really been a secret, it's just a plain fact at this point. Creating a little bit of excitement through his BBM Channel, BlackBerry Product Manager, Michael Clewley, shared some of the smaller details about what exactly BlackBerry 10.2 will be bringing along with it in short list of changes:

Setting a time to remember item - I can confirm this will be supported 10.2

Standard Unicode Emojis - I can confirm this will be supported 10.2. More details as available

Multiple Alarms - I can confirm this will be supported 10.2. More details as it becomes available

Additionally, Michael Clewley once again reiterated the fact that the first BlackBerry 10.2 beta SDK will be coming in June and that the 10.2 OS update will be arriving within this calendar year. Needless to say, if you're not already is his BBM Channel, you might want to hop in there. You can add the channel through PIN C00014277. Also, can I just point out how cool this is? Sharing of information like this never would have happened at the 'old BlackBerry' and the fact that the info is being passed through BBM Channels makes it all even cooler.

I hope they also bring Bedside Mode to full life again. I still miss the ability that all connections are disabled while in this mode. At the moment it is useless to me. Kevin is already happy that Phone Calls are muted here but that's not enough for me. It affects the battery during the night, if every connection is still up and running. Bring back the OS 7 functionality, please! :)

We don't even have the BlackBerry 10.1 (Officially) here in the Philippines
Anyway, I hope the Delivery and Read Receipt find their way to this upgrade. I miss the email features in 7.1 in my Bold 9900.

I actually like what you're doing. One thing I hope to see corrected is use of the word "what" instead of "which". It's not just laymen who make that mistake, but a lot of professional organizations as well.

Here's one to think about for the Grammar Nazi's amongst us - did it occur that some people don't have English as a first language possibly? Or perhaps don't have the benefit of the education that some people seem so determined to parade in front of everyone?

Correcting other people's grammar when you are not engaged as an English teacher is quite presumptuous, not to mention quite bad manners. But no doubt we can all agree we feel the world is a better place now that you have dotted every 'i' and crossed every 't' ......

Or maybe it's educational. English is my second language, and if I didn't have people correcting me, I would never have improved. TimJW did it very classily actually.
I would love to see "it's" and "its" understood properly, as well as "affect" and "effect". Lots of people have trouble with those two as well.

I know, I was just kidding. Because the confusion in all these errors (it's vs its etc) comes from having the same pronunciation, so if everyone spells purely phonetically, things could get ugly... Thanks for the link though!

I suggest you read my comment in context. Firstly, I don't recall saying you were an english teacher, or that you were not, that appears to be your assumption of my meaning. I gave a condition - 'WHEN you are not engaged as an english teacher'. Are you engaged as an English teacher on this board? I missed that memo, forgive me. So yes, I did say something about presumptuous for the record.

My point is are there not better things to discuss on this board than grammar? I work regularly with outsourced IT staff in places where for example, due to English not being the first language, grammar is atrocious. Would I disregard the opinions of those highly skilled people? No. I don't judge a book by a cover, and I don't make presumptions about people based on their ability to confirm to how some think they should write a sentence. Nor do I make presumptions about their career - but I do feel on safe ground saying that I didn't appoint you my english teacher when I signed up on this forum, nor did anyone else. Snippy posts about grammar speak volumes about the community spirit that is being engendered on this site, which is a shame as it is still the best place for blackberry enthusiasts to discuss their interests. What a pity.

I am not seeking an argument with anyone. I simply suggest that it is remembered that this is a public site that anybody has access to in the world, regardless of location or educational background. What people have to say is far more important than how they say it.

Many people who speak English as their first and possibly only language have terrible grammar. I like it when someone calls them out because it is much more informative to read something that is written properly, and it conveys so much more meaning.

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Four yu dumbarses ... I just... err...I mean jest. None of this will change the price of rice in China.

I'm with you on the grammar front. If people only knew that poor grammar reduces the strength of whatever argument they are making; it's hard to take someone seriously when their spelling and grammar are at a grade-school level. Enough about grammar for now, on to more Crackberry!

I'm with you on that! Setting the time for an alarm is what I think is most lacking in Remember right now. There are items I want to be reminded of in the morning, others in the afternoon, some in the evening.

Hey, I got T-Mobile too, and I just got tired of waiting. The 10.1.0.1880 update was the first leak I have ever installed and I'm glad I did! It sucks having to reload all the apps and stuff, but it's well worth it!

They are like priority emails over everything else. If anything click on the link on the phrase 'level 1 notifications' in the article and read about ten comments down, sorry I don't have the link for it, but yea.

Thank you. So "this calendar year" means probably November or so, and with carrier testing, we're looking at early 2014 for 10.2 probably... That's a long time without headless apps, and without the newer android runtime. I hope this timetable is wrong...

You have to have the BBM Channels loaded on you phone first You can get it by signing up at the Blackberry beta zone site. Accept all the agreements then download the exe file (Windows only) and follow the instructions. To enter a BBM Channel PIN, open BBM Channels within BBM select browse channels from the overflow menu (three dots) enter the PIN in the search box, hit the + button and you are done.

I feel like the 10.1 version is quite laggy compared to 10.0 ..anyway,I am truly happy that 10.2 is coming which shows that blackberry is doing their best to satisfy their customers.good job blackberry!

Great to hear, the more I learn about 10.2 the more excited I am to get it...Now they just need it to bring profiles, Auto bedside mode when plugged in, improve SMS, oh & release a charging pod & all my main minor BB10 complaints / annoyances will have been addressed :)

It's great that a time could be assigned to a Remember item... but now, for Evernote Remember items, not even a date can be set. Evernot items can't be made into "todos" with a checkbox. Will this be allowed in 10.2, with day/time as well??

Is it just me? When I use BBM, seems I have to touch the typing box first before I write my reply..never an issue in prev OS. Can we get it so that as soon as I reply, I can start writing my next comment without touching the box?? If I'm missing something here, kindly let me know. As well, pls bring back Native MEMO - so usefull!

As someone else stated Michael Clewley said it's something to do with rendering so we will only be able to see Emojis everywhere but not use them, that is being left to third party developers, looking at the lack of support from developers I doubt we would even get an app to use Emojis...

I wish BlackBerry would just make updates available through BlackBerry Link for everyone at the same time. This waiting is kinda painful. I haven't even got 10.1 yet I'm hearing about 10.2. Teasing teasing, can I have 10.1 please? Thanks to Verizon my sister wants to sell her Z10, this is not a good look. I convinced my brother my sis and my other friend to get Z10's, and they are all on Verizon. The rebooting issue is a plague because they aren't die hard BlackBerry fans as I am. I'm on T-Mobile and haven't had the issues so I can't help them, again not a good look. Address this quickly BlackBerry, I hope you are already working on it.

Hello guys......you all know what happen with this problem???? Boot information , charging led notification , and battery not write if 100% when fully charge....some of this problem came when I update 10.1 version.... I like to know what happen is this OS 10.1 version or what .. did some people having this problem? ?? If got solution for this please inform me.....Thank you

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